_From the Special Article (31 pages, not out) by Mr. EUSTACE MILES, and Mr. RUDYARD KIPLING._ =Cricket.=--That something must be done to save the game is certain. Whether we should restrict all first-class cricketers to a plasmon diet, or use a thorough base-ball charged with lyddite is a moot question. Some authorities--including Abel--suggest the substitution of a regulation ’All Caine for the present bat, whilst others are for adding six stumps, six inches apart, and doubling the number of fieldsmen. It has also been suggested that, as the spectator is after all the principal person to be considered, every visitor to the ground should receive a revolver at the turnstile, to be emptied upon the players at his discretion. The apparent folly of employing flannel for the costume of the players seemed to call for legislation on the part of the M.C.C. But the discovery--during a recent inspection of the Jaeger Rifle Club--that flannel is the basic material of hygienic pastime-wear has induced us to modify our hostile verdict. The phrase ‘muddied oafs’ as applied to footballers still stands.... [_The New Volumes also contain Articles on PINGPONGITIS, HASKELL BALL, TENNIS TWINS, TRANBY CROFT, DOPING, BRIDGE, and VICTOR TRUMPER._] RAILWAY REFORM. _From the Special Article by Mr. Yerkes._ =Directors.=--Nothing can be done in this matter until Directors and Sleepers cease to be, as they now are, interchangeable.... [_The New Volumes also contain Articles on THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS and THE CHISLEHURST TUNNEL._] A GOOD JUDGE. _From the Special Article (41 pages) by Sir FRANCIS JEUNE._ =Divorce.=--Marriages are made in Heaven, but are marred in Brighton.... [_The New Volumes also contains Articles on HENRY VIII. and CHICAGO._] OUR LITTLE EDENS. _From the Special Article by ‘AUNTIE EVE,’ and the EDITOR of ‘The Pergola.’_